Building construction



8. M. HAVENS.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED MAR. I2. 1911- v 1,280,726.Patented Oct. 8, 1918,.

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1 A T'TORNE y R. M. HAVENS.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I2. I917.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

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'A TTO/CNEV STATES-PATENT OFFICE.

RAYMOND M, navnns, or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the countyof Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and-usefulImprovements in Building Conbe a full,clear,

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struction; and I do declare the following to and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being-had to theaccompanying drawlngs, and to the letters and which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to building construction and more particularly tothe detail construction of concrete floorzbeams; the prin-. cipal objectof the invention being to .pro--;

vide a beam having reinforced end portions adapted, when the beams arearranged in functional position, to provide a substantial and sightlysill whereon the walls of a buildin may be supported.

11 accomplishin this and other objects of the invention I ave providedimproved details of structure, the preferred forms of which areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure I is aperspective view of a building comprising a floor constructed accordingto the resent invention.

Fig. II is a longitudinal vertical section of a building, illustratingthe use of my improved floor beams.

Fig. III is a transverse vertical section of the floor.

Fig. IV is a detail perspective view of a beam, illustrating thelocation of reinforcing rods therein, and the reinforced end portionsforming the wall sills.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

1 designates a building of concrete construction, wherein beams 2 arearranged in superimposed relation to form the opposite end and sidewalls 3-4, and which carry roof-forming beams 5; the walls of thebuilding being supported upon the floor beams 6, presently described,and the latter are, in turn, supported by the foundation walls 7.

The beams 6, forming the floor of the building, are made inpredetermined lengths and may be extended entirely or partially acrossthe building; the said beams in their preferred form being substantiallyof I- beam construction, comprising the upper Specification of LettersPatent.

, Patented Oct. s, 1918. Application filed March 12, 19-17. 1 Serial No.154,129.

and lower walls 89 and vertical connecting Webs 10, and it is preferredto reinforce the lower walls by extending rods 11 longitudinallytherein.

At the opposite ends of the beams the channels at the sides of the webare filled, even with the longitudinal edges of the beam to form a solidblock to provide a substantial bearing portion for parts supportedthereon and to close the ends of the beams to the exterior of thebuilding. The'oppo-- site longitudinal edges of the upper and lowerwalls of the beams are provided with tongues 12, and grooves 13, wherebyI the blocks may be keyed together to form a tight joint and which serveto more substantiallyhold the beams in horioznta-l alinement and form asmooth floor surface.

At the ends of the beams which are exposed to the exterior of thebuilding I provide, at the upper transverse edges of each, a slopingface 15, which is adapted to aline with like faces of adjacent beams toform a water table which, from the exterior of the building, appears tobe formed by the insertion of special sill blocks. At the sides of thebuilding special beams 16 are arranged, which are substantiall solid andare provided at one side with a s oping edge 15, to form a continuationof the water table and sill course formed at the ends of the beams. Thelatter are also provided with the tongue and grooves to permit theirkeying to the floor beams.

In case both ends of the beams do not extend to the exterior of thebuilding, the interior ends, which may be supported on a partition wall17 (Fig. II) are not provided with the water table faces, and the endreinforcing is not extended as far along the beams as at the exposedends, and should it be desired to build a partition wall within thebuilding it is preferred that the latter be built to cover the joint ofthe abutting ends of the beams supported on the partition wall.

In the building here shown, the side walls are built of superimposedbeams, substantially H-shaped in cross section, and in order to key thewall blocks to the floor beams, after the latter have been arranged toform the building floor, I form a key 18 about the edges of the floor byplacing parallel spaced strips 19 thereon and filling the spacetherebetween with concrete, which, after becom ing set and the stripsbeing removed, will be received between the spaced side walls of theWall beams to effectively prevent any displacement of'the Walls and,furthermore, prevent any possibility of an open joint.-

Assuming that the beams are so con strueted, in usingthe same to form afloor,

' they are arranged with their longitudinal l water table, the sillslandWater table at the l edges keyed together and the ends in properalinement and extending slightly beyond the foundation'walls to producea sill block and ==and reinforc1ng may be placed therein as needed.

--It is also apparent that vana-tions may be made in the end portions ofthe blocks forming the sill courses Without departing'from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

In a building, the combination With a foundatiom-of'separate beamshaving solid ends supported on the foundation, and havinglaterally-oh'annelecl, intermediate portions, forming a'-'floor, sidewalls supported on the s'olidend portions of the floor beams;

the' said end portions of the floor beams being extendedbeyond thefoundation and-side- 'Wall'to for-m a sill and Water-table, molded-c0norete keys arranged transversely-on-the -'solid end portions of thefloor beams, with r the keyson adj a'c'ent beams in alinement andprojected intothe lower portions of the side wall to retainithelatter'substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix'my' signature.

-R AY QND M. YHAVENS.

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